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Leptoptila verreauxi insularis. 



Leptoptila insularis Richmond, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xviii. 

 1896, p. 659 : Margarita Island. 



There are three birds in the British Museum from Mar- 

 garita Island collected by Dr. P. R. Lowe^ one of which 

 is a fully adult male and is quite different from the 

 Colombian bird, being much paler on the under surface, 

 while a greyish hue pervades the head, hind-neck, and 

 sides of the neck. On these grounds, therefore, I consider 

 it worthy of- subspecific rank. 



Leptoptila verreauxi brevipennis, subsp. nov. 



Leptoptila brevipennis (noaien nudum) Gray, List B. Brit. 

 Mus., Columbse, 1856, p. 54: Trinidad. 



Gray's type from Trinidad is darker on the back, wings, 

 and tail, being bronze with a slight tinge of green, instead 

 of clay-brown ; head and hind-neck inclining to grey ; sides 

 of face, throat, fore-neck, and breast darker vinous than in 

 the Colombian bird, L. v. verreauxi. 



Total length 260 mm., exposed culmcn 16, wing 137, 

 tail 97, tarsus 27. 



It may be mentioned that there are two others in the 

 British Museum from Trinidad which bear out the characters 

 given above. 



Leptoptila verreauxi macconnelli. 



Leptoptila verreauxi macconnelli Chubb, Bull. Brit. Orn. 

 Club, xxxviii. 29 Dec. 1917, p. 32. 



There are seven birds from British Guiana in the National 

 Collection, all of which differ conspicuously from the typical 

 L. V. verreauxi and the other forms by the liery-red patch on 

 the sides of the nape and behind the eye. I have therefore 

 described it as a separate subspecies under the above title. 



Adult male. Differs from L. v. verreauxi in having the 

 back, wings, and tail bronze-green instead of clay-brown ; 

 mantle deep amethystine ; above and behind the eye and 

 sides of tlie occiput fiery-red ; fore-neck and breast darker 

 vinous than in the typical form. 



Total length 245 mm., exposed culmen 18, wing 134, 

 tail 108, tarsus 30. 



